I am home again after a week in Oregon (family stuff).  So, I can finally put up the VogueKnitting Live yarn photos — which have been sitting here in my computer all the time.  (I have been out of town 4 of the last 5 weekends — and the weekend I was home was Easter — so I am pretty much behind in everything)

These are Sarah's yarns.  The purple hemp is for a lace top (something like the red Vogue one I knit for her).  The soft blue multi is for a baby sweater and hat — figuring next to blues it looks blue and next to pinks the pink accents pop!  The pink/orange/yellow yarns will be knit up into a capelet for Gwen (she has outgrown her sparkly pink one, sadly).  The orange yarn is for a shrug — she bought the pattern at the Hazel Knits booth.

These are also Sarah's yarns.  They are going to be a nursing q'mitl! (a q'mitl is a poncho-like garment we love — so easy to wear and so flattering, made of 2 rectangles that can be knit up in just about any stitch pattern, or combination of stitch patterns, you can imagine)

These are my yarns!  I have 2 store-bought garments I want to duplicate (I wear them all the time — they just work for me so well).  One is a long straight vest — and these are the yarns I chose!  Love the drama!

This linen/tencel blend is part of my plan to duplicate my soft linen jacket.  The colors are actually darker than in this photo (my jacket is charcoal and I wanted to keep the same tone).  I have been looking for theright yarn for this project for a couple of years!  Had not seen a linen/tencel blend before.

These are my yarns too.  I have been wanting to make a new q'mitl that is about the same size as my Butterfly Q'mitl, but in different colors.  I danced around for awhile before settling on a forest theme — and got all excited over the possible leaf-like stitch patterns and maybe some hanging mossy, lichen-y bits!  These are my forest yarns!  Much running back & forth thru the Yarn Market to find them!  Terrific fun!

I did not get these yarns at the Yarn Market, but I did get the idea for the project from a VogueKnitting Live class.  I plan to make a lace doman top — based on traditional triangular lace shawl techniques.  Thank you, Brooke Nico, for the inspiration!